Israel and West Bank Travel Guide and Planning Tips

When you're ready to plan your vacation or pilgrimage to Israel and the West Bank, we hope this episode serves as a valuable resource, offering insights into must-see locations, experiences, and helpful travel tips. If you’re here for educational purposes, we hope that the information presented will be enriching and informative.
If you're looking for specific details, feel free to use the chapter guide below to jump to the section of the episode that interests you most.
Chapter Information:
1:48 Overview of Locations
2:55 Entry Requirements
3:47 Travel Tips
6:02 Rental Car Information
6:41 Stella Maris Monastery
8:25 Baha'i Gardens
10:36 Caesarea
13:47 Roman Aqueduct
13:56 Church of the Transfiguration
16:41 Church of the Annunciation
19:32 St. Joseph's Church
20:55 Wedding Church at Cana
22:00 Capernaum
24:00 The Church of Beatitudes
25:30 The Church of the Primacy of Saint Peter
27:02 Tabgha Church of the Loaves and Fish
28:55 Magdala
33:18 Hotel Stay - Caesar Premier Tiberias
34:16 Masada National Park
38:48 Herodium Park
41:58 Yad Vashem
45:34 The Israel Museum
48:27 Hotel Stay - Arthur Hotel
50:56 Overview of the Old City of Jerusalem
53:47 St. James Cathedral
56:09 The Western Wall
57:17 Temple Mount
1:01:53 Dome of the Rock
1:03:44 Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane, Church of All Nations
1:09:05 Church of St. Anne
1:11:40 Pool of Bethesda
1:14:21 The Austrian Hospice
1:15:50 Ecce Homo Arch and Via Dolorosa (Stations of the Cross)
1:31:17 Church of Holy Sepulchre
1:44:57 The Cenacle or the Room of the Last Supper
1:46:55 The Tomb of King David
1:48:58 Church of St. John the Baptist
1:51:57 Church of the Visitation
1:53:44 Pater Noster Church
1:56:33 Chapel of the Ascension
1:58:51 Dominus Flevit Church
2:00:39 The Byzantine Cardo
2:03:02 The Kotel Tunnel Tour
2:07:31 The Garden Tomb
2:09:39 St. Peter in Gallicantu
2:13:45 The City of David
2:17:39 Pool of Shiloah
2:19:57 Ramallah
2:21:00 Jericho (Elisha's Spring, Tel Jericho, Mount of Temptation)
2:23:35 The Baptism Site Qaser Al-Yahud
2:25:05 The Church of the Nativity
2:30:08 Hebron
2:32:34Tomb/Cave of Patriarchs
2:37:07 Tomb of Ruth and Jesse
2:38:24 Episode Sources
Here are some helpful travel links:
U.S. State Department Travel website: travel.state.g...
CDC Travelers' Health website: wwwnc.cdc.gov/...
Lodges and Tour Operators mentioned in the video:
Caesar Premier Tiberias Hotel: www.caesarprem...
Arthur Hotel: www.atlas.co.i...
BeinHarim Tourism Services: www.beinharimt...
Abraham Tours: www.abrahamtou...
Western Wall Tunnel Sites: english.thekot...
Sources of information for this episode:
Wikipedia: www.wikipedia....
See the Holy Land: www.seetheholy...
Israel National Parks and Nature Reserves: en.parks.org.i...
Yad Vashem: www.yadvashem....
Israel Museum: www.imj.org.il/en
Garden Tomb: gardentomb.com/
City of David National Park: cityofdavid.or...
The credits at the end of the video lists more source detail.
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